1Samuel 9
9There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.H376H1144H8034H7027H1121H22H1121H6872H1121H1064H1121H647H1145H1368H376H24282And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.H1121H8034H7586H970H2896H1121H3478H2896H376H7926H4605H1364H59713Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, "Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys."H860H7027H7586H1H6H7027H559H7586H1121H3947H259H5288H6965H3212H1245H8604And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.H5674H2022H669H5674H776H8031H4672H5674H776H8171H5674H776H1145H46725When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us."H935H776H6689H7586H559H5288H3212H7725H1H2308H860H16726But he said to him, "Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go."H559H5892H376H430H3513H376H1696H935H935H3212H5046H1870H19807Then Saul said to his servant, "But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"H559H7586H5288H3212H935H376H3899H235H3627H8670H935H376H4308The servant answered Saul again, "Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way."H5288H6030H7586H3254H559H4672H3027H7253H8255H3701H5414H376H430H5046H18709(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)H6440H3478H376H3212H1875H430H559H3212H3212H7200H3117H5030H6440H7121H720010And Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.H1697H7586H5288H2896H559H3212H3212H3212H5892H376H43011As they went up the hill to the city, they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?"H5927H4608H5892H4672H5291H3318H7579H4325H559H3426H720012They answered, "He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.H6030H559H3426H6440H4116H935H3117H5892H2077H5971H3117H111613As soon as you enter the city you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately."H935H5892H3651H4672H5927H1116H398H5971H398H935H1288H2077H310H3651H398H7121H5927H3117H467214So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.H5927H8432H5892H935H5892H8050H3318H7125H5927H111615Now the day before Saul came, the LORD had revealed to Samuel:H3068H1540H8050H241H259H3117H6440H7586H935H55916"Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."H4279H6256H7971H376H776H1144H4886H5057H5971H3478H3467H5971H3027H6430H7200H5971H6818H93517When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, "Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people."H8050H7200H7586H3068H6030H376H559H6113H597118Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Tell me where is the house of the seer?"H7586H5066H8050H8432H8179H559H5046H335H7200H100419Samuel answered Saul, "I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for today you shall eat with me, and in the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind.H8050H6030H7586H559H7200H5927H6440H1116H398H3117H1242H7971H5046H382420As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's house?"H860H6H7969H3117H3117H7760H3820H4672H2532H3478H1H100421Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?"H7586H6030H559H1145H6996H7626H3478H4940H6810H4940H7626H1144H1696H169722Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons.H8050H3947H7586H5288H935H3957H5414H7218H4725H7121H7970H37623And Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'"H8050H559H2876H5414H4490H5414H559H776024So the cook took up the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, "See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests." So Saul ate with Samuel that day.H2876H7311H7785H7760H6440H7586H559H7604H7760H6440H398H4150H8104H559H7121H5971H7586H398H8050H311725And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.H3381H1116H5892H1696H7586H140626Then at the break of dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Up, that I may send you on your way." So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.H7925H5927H7837H8050H7121H7586H1406H559H6965H7971H7586H6965H3318H8147H8050H235127As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God."H3381H7097H5892H8050H559H7586H559H5288H5674H6440H5674H5975H3117H8085H1697H430
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